Abstract: Methods and systems are described for efficient medium access in wake-up radios. In an exemplary embodiment, a wake up frame (WUF) includes fields indicating a wake-up purpose, wake-up scheduling, and a wake-up TX/RX parameter. The wake-up purpose field identifies one of a plurality of predetermined purposes. A STA receives the wake-up frame and determines whether the frame is intended for that STA. If so, the STA responsively performs an action in accordance with the purpose indicated in the purpose field. Purposes that may be indicated in the WIF purpose field may include Listen to Beacon, Uplink Data Transmission, Downlink Data Transmission, and (Re)Association, among others.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for detecting indication information, including: determining a carrier/narrowband position and a time-domain position where indication information is located; in which the indication information is configured to indicate whether a user equipment (UE) monitors a paging message or a downlink control channel that indicates the paging message, on associated one or more paging occasions (POs); and detecting the indication information on the determined carrier/narrowband position and the time-domain position, and determining, according to the indication information, whether to monitor the paging message or the downlink control channel on the one or more POs.

Abstract: An electronic system electronic device includes: an internal battery, an external battery, a memory and a plurality of function modules. The internal battery is configured to generate a first power signal. The external battery is configured to be separated from the electronic device, and to generate a second power signal. The memory is configured to operate based on the first power signal. The plurality of function modules are configured to operate based on the second power signal.

Abstract: An electronic system electronic device includes: an internal battery, an external battery, a memory and a plurality of function modules. The internal battery is configured to generate a first power signal. The external battery is configured to be separated from the electronic device, and to generate a second power signal. The memory is configured to operate based on the first power signal. The plurality of function modules are configured to operate based on the second power signal.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives, at the UE, a dormant BWP configuration indicating that a first BWP on which the UE operates in a dormancy behavior, the first BWP being on a first secondary cell established between the UE and a base station. The UE receives, on a primary cell established between the UE and the base station, a first indication for transitioning to operating in the dormancy behavior. The UE operates in the dormancy behavior on the first BWP in accordance with the first indication.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to wake up receiver (WUR) frequency division multiple access (FDMA) transmission. A device may cause to send a wake up receiver (WUR) beacon frame on a WUR beacon operating channel to one or more station devices. The device may determine a first wake-up frame to be sent on a first WUR operating channel, wherein the first WUR operating channel is associated with one or more frequency division multiple access (FDMA) channels used for transmitting one or more wake-up frames to the one or more station devices. The device may determine to apply padding to the first wake-up frame based on a field included in a header of the first wake-up frame. The device may cause to send the first wake-up frame to a first station device of the one or more station devices.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a signal transmission method, a network device, and a terminal device. The method includes: sending, by a network device, when a terminal device is configured with multiple Bandwidth Parts (BWPs), configuration information of each BWP's corresponding power saving signal of the multiple BWPs to the terminal device. The method, network device, and terminal device of the embodiments of the present application are beneficial to achieve a better power saving gain.

Abstract: A portable device and a method of operating a portable device for performing adaptive data communication control are provided. The method includes determining the on or off state of a display unit, extracting data communication setting information including a fast dormancy policy according to the on or off state of the display unit, and controlling a data communication setting with a specific service provider network based on the extracted data communication setting information, and a portable device supporting the method.

Abstract: Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently transmitting uplink signals to a base station using shared antennas associated with different power classes. A first device may be in communications with a base station using local antennas and may identify a second device having auxiliary antennas available for transmitting uplink signals to the base station. The local and auxiliary antennas may be associated with different power classes, and the first device may transmit a message to a base station indicating that the first device is capable of transmitting using antennas associated with different power classes. The first device may then receive configurations from a base station of different transmit powers to transmit on the antennas associated with the different power classes, and the first device may transmit uplink signals to the base station in accordance with the different transmit power configurations.

Abstract: An uplink transmission method includes; determining, by a terminal device according to an expected sending power of each uplink among a plurality of uplinks, an actual sending power of the each uplink; and sending, by the terminal device, signal on the each uplink using the actual sending power of the each uplink.

Abstract: A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, monitoring performance parameters in a communications network, identifying a degradation in performance of one or more nodes of the communications network according the monitored performance parameters, and initiating corrective action to mitigate the degradation in performance of the one or more nodes of the communications network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a power control method for a physical random access channel and a terminal. The method includes: calculating a path loss of a physical random access channel PRACH based on power information related to a synchronization broadcast signal block; and calculating transmit power of the PRACH based on the path loss.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, and a base station may receive, a report that includes information related to a power headroom available to the UE at a current power level and information related to a duty cycle that the UE can sustain over a moving integration window based at least in part on a maximum permissible exposure limit. In some aspects, the base station may transmit, and the UE may receive, scheduling information based at least in part on the information related to the power headroom available to the UE at the current power level and the information related to the duty cycle that the UE can sustain over the moving integration window. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. Methods and apparatuses are provided in which a PHR configuration including a threshold and a prohibit timer are received from a base station. It is identified whether a PHR is triggered based on the PHR configuration. The PHR is transmitted to the base station in case that the PHR is triggered. The PHR includes a bit field indicating a power backoff that is applied based on power management in case that a P field is set to 1.

Abstract: A method by a base station for receiving power headroom reporting from a user equipment (UE) in a Multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT)-Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) scenario, the method includes receiving a DC Power Headroom Report (PHR) Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) from the UE, the DC PHR MAC CE having a fixed number of octets with cell index fields for indicating whether a power headroom (PH) for a serving cell with a corresponding cell index is reported, wherein the fixed number of octets is independent of a highest secondary Cell Index (SCellIndex) for serving cells with configured uplinks.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a device to perform sidelink transmission. The method includes the device being in RRC (Radio Resource Control)-connected mode in Uu link. The method also includes the device being configured to use at least DL (Downlink) pathloss for sidelink power control. The method further includes the device deriving a first DL pathloss value for determining an uplink transmit power of one specific kind of uplink transmission. In addition, the method includes the device determining or deriving a sidelink transmit power based on the first DL pathloss value. Furthermore, the method includes the device performing a sidelink transmission to other device(s) with the sidelink transmit power.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a power control method, a terminal, and a network side device thereof. The power control method may be applied to a terminal, and include obtaining a power control parameter, and controlling retransmission power of a data section in a message of a random access procedure based on the power control parameter.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be capable of operating according to a first transmission efficiency operating mode and a second transmission efficiency operating mode that is less power efficient than the first transmission efficiency operating mode. The first transmission efficiency operating mode may be associated with a first undesired emission level that is greater than a second undesired emission level associated with the second transmission efficiency operating mode. The UE may select to operate in one of the two transmission efficiency operating modes based on one or more communication parameters (e.g., indicated by control signaling received from a base station). For example, the UE may select to operate in the first transmission efficiency operating mode based on determining that one or more of the communication parameters satisfies at least one parameter criterion for operating in the first transmission efficiency operating mode.

Abstract: Provided are a measurement gap configuration method and device, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: determining, by a first network element, frequency information of a measurement target; and notifying, by the first network element, a second network element of the frequency information through first interface signaling; where the first network element and the second network element are configured on the same node. The problem in the related art of being unable to configure a measurement gap is solved.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a sidelink synchronization signal and may identify a set of parameters (e.g., cyclic shifts or orthogonal cover codes) that are configured for generating a set of reference signals for transmission within a sidelink broadcast resource based on receiving the sidelink synchronization signal. The UE may transmit, within the sidelink broadcast channel resource, a first reference signal of the set of reference signals that is generated based on applying, to a reference signal sequence, a first parameter of the set of parameters that is orthogonal to a second parameter of the set of parameters that is applied to the reference signal sequence to generate a second reference signal of the set of reference signals.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars, connected cars, health care, digital education, smart retail, and security and safety services. A method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving a synchronization signal block in a wireless communication system which operates in an unlicensed band are provided.

Abstract: Among other things, the method and apparatus examples herein provide a solution to the problems that arise regarding the need for a wireless device to achieve source synchronization in a beam-based system, where the wireless communication network does not define “cells” for connected-mode wireless devices. The problems relate to how a wireless device can re-synchronize with its source access node in a beam-based system that mainly relies on self-contained transmissions from transmission points in the network. As one example advantage, the contemplated methods and apparatus enable wireless devices to perform measurements to support mobility procedures even when no data transmissions are scheduled.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method for wireless communication includes: a terminal device receives a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), here, the SSB comprises Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH); here, the SSB comprises four consecutive symbols in time domain, which are symbol S0, symbol S1, symbol S2 and symbol S3 in sequence; and the PSS is transmitted on the symbol S0, the SSS is transmitted on the symbol S2, and the PBCH is transmitted on the symbol S1, the symbol S2 and the symbol S3.

Abstract: An information transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method comprises: a first node sends a first data packet to a second node, the first data packet carrying at least one of the following information: first identifier information, first sequence number information, and first timestamp information, wherein the first identifier information is used for instructing the second node returns a second data packet after receiving the first data packet; the first sequence number information is used for identifying the first data packet; and the first timestamp information is used for instructing the first node to send time information of the first data packet.

Abstract: A timing control method, performed by a first DU including a processor and a modem in a base station supporting function-splitting, includes obtaining, by the processor, first time information from a CU included in the base station; obtaining, by the processor, synchronization information with a first system based on the first time information; identifying, by the processor, a change time point of an SFN based on the synchronization information; generating, by the processor, a first timing control signal including a signal indicating a changed SFN and a first tick signal having a same periodicity as a change periodicity of the SFN when the SFN is changed; and providing, by the processor, the first timing control signal to the modem.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5G or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4G communication system such as LTE. A method of transmitting a synchronization signal for device-to-device (D2D) communication in an asynchronous network is provided. The method includes transmitting, at the first cell, a system information block (SIB) including resource allocation information of a first cell and at least one neighboring cell, determining whether a first terminal is in a first mode and whether the first terminal is scheduled to perform one of a D2D communication and a D2D discovery, determining, when the first terminal is in the first mode, whether the first terminal is required to transmit a D2D synchronization signal (D2DSS), and transmitting, when the first terminal is required to transmit the D2DSS, scheduling information including a transmission time point and transmission reference timing information to the first terminal.

Abstract: A synchronization signal is received at a user equipment from a base station. The user equipment synchronizes clocks between the user equipment and the base station using a combination of sample and sub-sample timing determined based at least in part on the synchronization signal. At a base station, the base station transmits toward a user equipment a synchronization signal. The base station synchronizes clocks between the base station and the user equipment using a combination of sample and sub-sample timing determined based on at least the synchronization signal. Methods, apparatus, software, and computer program products are disclosed.

Abstract: In some examples, a source device categorizes a plurality of messages for transmission to a recipient device, the plurality of messages comprising vehicle-related information. Based on the categorizing, the source device identifies selected messages of the plurality of messages to be aggregated. The source device aggregates the selected messages into a single transmission from the source device to the recipient device.

Abstract: In order to promptly specify, with low power consumption, a location of a wearable device departed from a group, the wearable terminal includes a short-distance radio communicator, a location information report request receiver, a location information acquisition unit, and a long-distance radio communicator. The short-distance radio communicator normally performs short-distance radio communication with another wearable terminal. The location information report request receiver receives an externally transmitted location information report request requesting a wearable terminal to report location information of the local terminal to a specified destination. When the location information report request receiver receives the location information report request, the location information acquisition unit acquires location information of the local terminal. The long-distance radio communicator transmits the acquired location information to a destination specified by the location information report request.

Abstract: Access, mobility management and regulatory services are supported for satellite access to a 5G core network. A coverage area, e.g., a country or region, is divided into fixed virtual cells and fixed tracking areas. The UE receives configuration information for fixed cells and fixed tracking areas associated with a serving PLMN. The fixed cells and the fixed tracking areas are defined, independently of each other, as fixed geographic areas. A position of the UE is used to determine a fixed serving cell and/or fixed tracking area for the UE. A service operation for the UE is enabled for the serving PLMN based on the fixed serving cell or the fixed tracking area. A fixed cell may be associated with an overlapping fixed tracking area by assigning a color code to the tracking area and appending the color code to an ID for the fixed cell.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication using satellite access to a wireless network, where a wireless cell supported by a satellite is moving or temporarily fixed. In an aspect, a radio access network (RAN) entity or a user equipment (UE) provides, to a core network entity, an enhanced cell global identifier (CGI), where the enhanced CGI includes at least one field representing a location of the UE. Based on the enhanced CGI, the core network entity determines a location of the UE, and may provide a service to the UE based on the location. A core network may also provide an enhanced CGI to a RAN, e.g., to support wireless emergency alerting to UEs.

Abstract: An operation management device is configured to acquire a subscriber ID to identify a subscriber joining a service using a mobile telephone line from a mobile terminal over the mobile telephone line, to acquire the position information representing the position of a flight device, which the mobile terminal acquires from the flight device before or during its flight over a wireless communication line different from the mobile telephone line, from the mobile tell sinal over the mobile telephone line, and to acquire a device ID to identify the flight device from the mobile terminal over the mobile telephone line.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a reference signal or channel conveying a paging indicator. The UE may determine, based on the paging indicator, whether to monitor a paging control channel including a scheduling grant for a paging shared channel communication. The UE may estimate time or frequency information for receiving the paging control channel based at least in part on a result of the determining, and receiving the paging control channel containing based at least in part on the result of the determining and the estimated time or frequency information, or skipping monitoring the paging control channel based at least in part on the result of the determining. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a frequency-division-multiplexed paging message in a next generation mobile communication system.

Abstract: A technique includes receiving, by a first user device within a wireless network, an indication that the wireless network supports slice-specific grouped paging for at least a first slice-specific paging group, wherein the first user device is a member of the first slice-specific paging group; decoding, by the first user device, a received downlink control information that has been directed to the first slice-specific paging group to obtain scheduling information for a paging message for the first slice-specific paging group; receiving, by the first user device from the base station based on the scheduling information, the paging message for the first slice-specific paging group; and receiving, by the first user device, data based on the paging message.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for responding to RAN paging failures. One apparatus (300) includes a processor (302), a transmitter (310), and a receiver (312). The receiver (312) receives (702) an access network context release request including an indication of RAN paging failure. The processor (302) suspends (704) a protocol data unit session deactivation procedure and triggering core network paging in response to receiving the indication of RAN paging failure. In response to the core network paging failing, the processor (302) resumes (706) the protocol data unit session deactivation procedure. In response to the core network paging succeeding, the transmitter (310) transmits (708) an access network context establishment request to a target RAN. In response to receiving an access network context establishment response from the target RAN, the transmitter (310) transmits (710) a protocol data unit session modification request.

Abstract: Provided are wireless communication methods for D2D communication and UEs therefor. A wireless communication method involves transmitting either a first DCI or a second DCI based on whether a first UE and a second UE are to be in a communication type of groupcast or unicast. In the wireless communication methods, the first DCI and the second DCI are scrambled by the UE ID of the second UE if the first UE and the second UE are in the communication type of unicast upon transmitting the first DCI and the second DCI, and the first DCI and the second DCI are scrambled by the group ID if the first UE and the second UE are in the communication type of groupcast upon transmitting the first DCI and the second DCI.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and device performing input bit allocation that includes receiving broadcasting information bits, generating timing related bits for the broadcasting information bits, and selecting a portion of the generated timing related bits. The method and device can further include allocating each of the selected timing related bits to selected input bits of an encoder, so that each of the selected timing related bits is allocated to an input bit of the encoder corresponding to an available bit channel of the encoder where the selected inputs bits of the encoder correspond to encoded bits that are located in a front portion of the encoded bits.

Abstract: Provided is a terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus by using a plurality of subcarriers by a grant free access scheme, the terminal apparatus includes: a configuration unit configured to configure the number of the plurality of subcarriers to be used for transmission to the specific number of the plurality of subcarriers less than or equal to the prescribed number of the plurality of subcarriers; and a transmitter configured to transmit, in a prescribed communication band, a transmit signal by using the plurality of subcarriers of the specific number among the plurality of subcarriers of the prescribed number, in which the transmit signal does not include information for indicating the specific number of the plurality of subcarriers, the transmitter performs determination of a frequency in the prescribed communication band to which the plurality of subcarriers of the specific number are allocated, and the determination of the frequency in the prescribed communication band is not c

Abstract: The invention discloses a communication method and device utilized in a vehicle convoy. The method comprises: a leader vehicle obtaining, from a network apparatus, a first quantity of communication resources; the leader vehicle allocating, according to the first quantity of the communication resource allocated by the network apparatus, a second quantity of the communication resource to a first follower vehicle in the vehicle convoy, and communicating, according to the second quantity of the communication resource, with the first follower vehicle, wherein the first follower vehicle is any one of follower vehicles in the vehicle convoy, and the second quantity is less than or equal to the first quantity. The embodiments provide a novel communication method utilized in a vehicle convoy to resolve an issue of a conventional roadside base station being incapable of timely allocating resources to a vehicle convoy.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in a UE includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory. To configure the UE for 5G-NR sidelink communications, the processing circuitry is to select a time instance n as a resource selection trigger, and perform resource sensing during a sensing window that precedes the time instance n, to obtain a plurality of candidate resources. Resource selection is performed within a resource selection window to select at least one resource from the plurality of candidate resources for a PSSCH transmission to a second UE. The resource selection window starts after the time instance n and ends at a time instance (n+T2), where T2 is a timing value selected based on a sidelink priority value associated with the PSSCH transmission. Data is encoded for the PSSCH transmission using the at least one resource.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may measure the reference signal received power (RSRP) of reference signals from other UEs in a time window and exclude resources of transmissions with a measurement which is above RSRP threshold. In some cases, not enough resources are identified, and the UE may increase the RSRP and search for resources again, however the UE may only increase the RSRP until a stop RSRP limit is reached. The UE may increase the RSRP based on an absolute value or a factor of an incremental power value. Once the stop RSRP threshold is reached, the UE may modify the size of the time window, shift the time window, or reduce the number of retransmission of the sidelink message to search for resources for the sidelink message.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques relate to the categorization of resources in a system to enable a user equipment (UE) to determine whether resources may be reclaimed. At least two categories may be defined for the resources, and the UE may use various criteria for categorizing the resources in a system. For example, the UE may include a first set of resources in an “available” category and a second set of resources in an “occupied” category. Resources in the “occupied” category may be indicated as occupied by another UE's sidelink channel information. In cases where resources are indicated as reserved for retransmission by another UE, but no feedback is detected, then the UE may use additional parameters to determine whether those resources may be reclaimed for its own transmission and may categorize the resources accordingly.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to manage interference caused by D2D communications. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may include a processor. The processor may be configured to perform one or more of the following. The processor may determine to send information using a device-to-device transmission via a resource pool from a plurality of resource pools. Each resource pool may be associated with a range of reference signal receive power (RSRP) values. The processor may determine a RSRP measurement of a cell associated with the WTRU. The processor may select a resource pool from the plurality of resource pools based on the RSRP measurement of the cell. The RSRP measurement of the cell may be within the range of RSRP values associated with the selected resource pool. The processor may send the information using the selected resource pool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system.

Abstract: A user apparatus for use in a mobile communication system that supports D2D communication, including: a signal transmission unit configured to transmit a plurality of D2D signals; and a resource selection unit configured to select, from a predetermined resource pool, a radio resource having a time resource and a frequency resource for transmitting the plurality of D2D signals, wherein the resource selection unit is configured to select the radio resource such that the plurality of D2D signals are not transmitted by a same time resource.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support techniques for release validation of uplink configured grants and semi-persistent scheduling (SPS). For example, downlink SPS and uplink configured grants may be released using non-fallback downlink control information (DCI). In such cases, a resource allocation field within the DCI may be based on a type of resource allocation configured for the UE, which may enable an invalid assignment to be indicated to the UE for release of the semi-statically configured communications. In other cases, the fields within the DCI may include predefined values that are used for indicating the release. A UE may validate whether the DCI activates or releases the downlink SPS or uplink configured grant based on the value of bit fields within the DCI.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently limiting a number of blind decoding attempts or control channel elements (CCEs) that a user equipment (UE) is configured to monitor to limit complexity at the UE. When a UE is configured to use blind decoding for monitoring CCEs in multiple spans in a slot for control information from a base station, the UE may be configured to perform dropping of blind decoding candidates or CCEs in a first temporal span in the slot. In other words, the UE may identify a dropping rule to drop CCE monitoring occasions or blind decoding attempts in excess of a maximum number of non-overlapping CCEs per span or a maximum number of blind decoding attempts per span, respectively, and the UE may apply the dropping rule to the first temporal span within the slot.

Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE), includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising an information for configuring a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook list, first downlink control information (DCI) and second DCI; determining whether a size difference exists between a first downlink assignment index (DAI) field of the first DCI and a second DAI field of the second DCI; and inserting at least one bit with a zero value into one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field when the size difference between the first DAI field of the first DCI and the second DAI field of the second DCI is determined, wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook list includes a first HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the first DCI and a second HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the second DCI.

Abstract: A method of receiving a downlink control channel at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving information on a resource element group (REG) bundle size and information on a size of a matrix for interleaving a plurality of REGs configuring at least one control channel element (CCE) through a higher layer, determining the matrix for interleaving the plurality of REGs based on the information on the size of the matrix and the information on the REG bundle size, interleaving the plurality of REGs bundled into one or more REG bundles according to the REG bundle size using the matrix, and receiving the downlink control channel based on the plurality of interleaved REGs.